Proverbs 1:11-18 ▼

11 If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, as those who go down to the pit;

13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;

14 Cast in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,”

15 My son, do not walk in the way with them. Withhold your feet from their pathway,

16 For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.

17 For it is no use that a net is spread In the sight of any bird;

18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.